Patrick-Murray Administration Announces $67 Million to Build or Preserve 1,326 Housing Units Across Massachusetts
REVERE - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing the Patrick-Murray Administration’s commitment to improving housing infrastructure as a means to growing local businesses and improving communities, Secretary of Housing and Economic Develop...
MassHousing and DHCD Announce $8.2 Million in Financing for Affordable Housing
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $8.2 million in Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) loan closings today for affordable housing communities ...
Illinois HDA: Governor Quinn Announces 500,000 People Helped Through Illinois Foreclosure Prevention Network
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn today announced that, one year after he launched the Illinois Foreclosure Prevention Network (IFPN) in his State of the State address, more than a half-million people have con...
NY Times OpEd on the Importance of the Mount Laurel Doctrine
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On January 28, 2013, the NJ State Supreme Court heard argument about whether or not Governor Christie could legally disband the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). The New York Times published...
Utah HC: New Affordable Rent-to-Own Housing in Grantsville and Tooele, Utah
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Utah Housing Corporation and Tooele County Housing Authority are hosting an open house for four new affordable CROWN (Credits-to-OWN) homes in Grantsville and Tooele. The CROWN program seeks to...
Ribbon Cutting at Ten Broeck Street!!
Albany, NY WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Jennings, the Albany Housing Authority, the City of Albany Department of Development and Planning, and New York State Homes and Community Renewal officially cut the ribbon today...
VIDEO: Tomorrow Treasury Hosts Its 81st Outreach Event to Help Struggling Atlanta Homeowners
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tomorrow, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will host their 81st free event for struggling homeowners at the Cobb Galleria Centre in A...
Iowa FA: Branstad/Reynolds Administration Announce Completion of Statewide Housing Study
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Branstad/Reynolds Administration today announced the completion of a comprehensive statewide housing study, which includes an analysis of Iowa’s current housing stock and the results of pu...
Federal Court Finds Michigan PLA Law Preempted by NLRA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal district court has struck down a state statute restricting the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on the basis that the statute was preempted by the federal National Labor Relation...
PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN HUD SOUTHEAST REGION LEAD NATION IN GROUNDBREAKING HUD AFFORDABLE HOUSING...
ATLANTA - January 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Public housing authorities in U.S. Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Southeast region outpaced housing authorities across the U.S. in gaining HUD approval to participate in the Rental Assistance Demo...
Finding hope for a stable market
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- It’s too early to say whether 2012 marked the year that local real estate prices bottomed out, but agents throughout the North Fork saw hopeful signs of an upward trend in housing sales this y...